TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve Contract No. 2019-71, Professional Planning and Design Services for Master Plan of Activity Center 6, The Shire, with Johnson Engineering, Inc. in the estimated amount of $49,942.88.
Recommended Action
Approve Contract No. 2019-71, Professional Planning and Design Services for Master Plan of Activity Center 6, The Shire, with Johnson Engineering, Inc. in the estimated amount of $49,942.88.
Background Information
This project is intended to implement one of the policies of the Comprehensive Plan, as described below:
Policy 2.6.2: AC #6 - Widening of arterials and collectors such as Price Boulevard from Toledo Blade Blvd to Orlando Ave, Yorkshire Boulevard from I-75 to Hillsborough Boulevard will be necessary to support this new Activity Center. Therefore, the City shall prepare a master plan to define the road improvements including the new interchange, and potential funding source(s). In addition, the master plan shall address the following:
? Multi-modal transportation opportunities (including for autonomous transportation options);
? Interconnectivity within the Activity Center to promote internal capture;
? Linkages that may be appropriate to provide connectivity to areas adjoining the Activity Center,
? Coordination with FDOT to establish the interchange, determine phasing for the interchange, determine interchange type and land area needed for the facility, to identify land use and infrastructure changes that may be necessary to ensure adequate operation of the interchange (land use changes will require a comprehensive plan amendment), and ensure compatibility with transportation modes that may serve the activity center as it develops;
? The availability, phasing and cost of extending water and sewer facilities as well as other public facilities;
? Establishing required densities and intensities;
? The required infrastructure such...
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